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bled

USBLED/ˈblɛd/

2 meanings of bled

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  1. 1
    verb
    Past tense and past participle of bleed. Use this form for losing blood in the past.

    His knee bled after he fell off his bike.

    The small cut bled for a few minutes and then stopped.

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  2. 2
    noununcountable
    Open country far from any town, made up of fields and empty land.

    Like the wide open land you see far from any city.

    They drove for hours through the empty bled to reach the village.

    Out in the bled there were no shops for miles around.

    Similarhinterland, backcountry, interior, bush

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bled is a form of bleed

bleed, verb: To lose blood from a cut or other injury. Full entry

Forms
bleedbleeds he/she/itbleeding -ing formbled past tense, past participle

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Origin

This word comes from French "bled," which came from Algerian Arabic, from the Arabic word "bilād."